[PATCH] brcmfmac: use const char * for interface name in brcmf_add_if
From: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com>
Date: 2016-06-17 10:49:12
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Subsystem:
broadcom brcm80211 ieee802.11 wireless drivers, the rest · Maintainers:
Arend van Spriel, Linus Torvalds
This function can work just fine with const pointer, it only calls alloc_netdev which take const as well. Moreover it makes this function more flexible as some cfg80211 callback may provide const char * as well, e.g. add_virtual_intf. This will be needed for more advanced interface management. Signed-off-by: Rafał Miłecki <zajec5@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c | 2 +- drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
index 7b38c2b..8d16f02 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.c@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ fail: } struct brcmf_if *brcmf_add_if(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, s32 bsscfgidx, s32 ifidx, - bool is_p2pdev, char *name, u8 *mac_addr) + bool is_p2pdev, const char *name, u8 *mac_addr) { struct brcmf_if *ifp; struct net_device *ndev;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h
index a0a6f7f..8fa34ca 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/broadcom/brcm80211/brcmfmac/core.h@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ char *brcmf_ifname(struct brcmf_if *ifp); struct brcmf_if *brcmf_get_ifp(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, int ifidx); int brcmf_net_attach(struct brcmf_if *ifp, bool rtnl_locked); struct brcmf_if *brcmf_add_if(struct brcmf_pub *drvr, s32 bsscfgidx, s32 ifidx, - bool is_p2pdev, char *name, u8 *mac_addr); + bool is_p2pdev, const char *name, u8 *mac_addr); void brcmf_remove_interface(struct brcmf_if *ifp, bool rtnl_locked); void brcmf_txflowblock_if(struct brcmf_if *ifp, enum brcmf_netif_stop_reason reason, bool state);
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